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AFTER THE DANCE, Marvin Gaye (1976) Pop #74/R&B
#14
REMAKE: Fourplay featuring El DeBarge (1991) R&B #2
AIN'T GONNA HURT NOBODY, Brick (1978) Pop #92/R&B
#7
REMAKE: Kid 'N Play (1991) Pop #51/R&B #26
AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
(1967) Pop #19/R&B #3
REMAKE: Diana Ross (1970) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B
#1 (1 week)
AIN'T NOBODY HOME, Howard Tate (1966) Pop #63/R&B
#12
REMAKE: B.B. King (1972) Pop #46/R&B #28
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSE PARTY, The Show Stoppers (1968) Pop
#87
REMAKE: The J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
AIN'T NOTHING
LIKE THE REAL THING, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1
week)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #47/R&B #6
ALL AROUND THE WORLD (See: "Grits Ain't Groceries")
ALL I DO IS THINK OF YOU, The Jackson 5 (1975) R&B
#50
REMAKE: Troop (1990) Pop #47/R&B #1 (1 week)
AM I THE SAME GIRL (See: "Soulful Strut")
AMEN, The Impressions (1965) Pop #7/R&B #17
REMAKE: Otis
Redding (1968) Pop #36/R&B #15
ANNA (GO TO HIM), Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #68/R&B #10
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
ANY DAY NOW, Chuck Jackson (1962) Pop #23/R&B #2
REMAKE:
Ronnie Milsap (1982) Pop #14
BABY, I LOVE YOU, Jimmy Holiday (1966) Pop #98/R&B
#21
REMAKE: Little Milton (1970) Pop #82/R&B #6
BARETTA'S THEME (KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SPARROW), Merry Clayton
(1975) Pop #45/R&B #42
REMAKE: Rhythm Heritage (1976) Pop #20/R&B
#19
BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW, The Stylistics (1972) Pop #3/R&B
#2
REMAKES: Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman (1977) Pop #102/R&B
#29; Prince (1996)--Album track
BORDER SONG (HOLY MOSES), Dorothy Morrison (1970) Pop
#114/R&B #43
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1971) Pop #37/R&B #5
THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY, The Ad-Libs (1965) Pop #8
REMAKE:
The Manhattan Transfer (1981) Pop #7
BOYS, The Shirelles (1960) B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, Sam Cooke (1962) Pop #13/R&B
#2
REMAKES: Eddie Floyd (1968) Pop #17/R&B #4; Lou Rawls (1970) Pop
#96/R&B #45
BURNING LOVE, Arthur Alexander (1971) Did not chart
REMAKE:
Elvis Presley (1972) Pop #2
CALL ME, Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #13/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Phil Perry (1991) R&B #1 (1 week)
CHAPEL OF LOVE, The Ronettes (1963) LP track
REMAKE:
The Dixie Cups (1964) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
THE CLAPPING SONG, Shirley Ellis (1965) Pop #8/R&B
#4
REMAKE: Pia Zadora (1983) Pop #36/R&B #88
CLOSE YOUR EYES, The Five Keys (1955) R&B #5
REMAKE:
Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #8/R&B #4
COME SEE ABOUT ME, Nella Dodds (1964) Pop #74
REMAKES: The
Supremes (1965) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #3; Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
(1968) Pop #24/R&B #8
CRUISIN', Smokey Robinson (1979) Pop #4/R&B #4
REMAKE:
D'Angelo (1995) Pop #53/R&B #10
CRY BABY, Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963) Pop
#3/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #42
CRY TO ME, Solomon Burke (1962) Pop #44/R&B #5
REMAKES:
Betty Harris (1963) Pop #23/R&B #10; Freddie Scott (1967) Pop #70/R&B
#40
CUPID, Sam Cooke (1961) Pop #17/R&B #20
REMAKES: Tony Orlando & Dawn (1976) Pop #22; The Spinners (1980) Pop
#4/R&B #5
DARLING BABY, The Elgins (1966) Pop #72/R&B #4
REMAKE:
Jackie Moore (1972) Pop #106/R&B #22
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, The "5" Royales (1957) Pop #81
REMAKES: The Shirelles (1961) Pop #3/R&B #2, The Mamas & The Papas
(1967) Pop #2, The Temprees (1972) Pop #93/R&B #17
DEVIL IN HIS (HER) HEART, The Donays (circa 1962)
REMAKE:
The Beatles (1964) Album track
DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS, Shorty Long (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (1966) Pop #4
DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME), The Delfonics (1970) Pop
#10/R&B #3
REMAKES: Millie Jackson (1980) R&B #49/New Kids On The
Block (1989) Pop #8/R&B #34
DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY, The Exciters (1964) Pop #78
REMAKES:
Manfred Mann (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks); 2 Live Crew (1988) R&B
#62
DON'T LET GO, Roy Hamilton (1958) Pop #13/R&B #2
REMAKE: Isaac
Hayes (1979) Pop #18/R&B #11
DON'T MAKE ME OVER, Dionne Warwick (1963) Pop #21/R&B #5
REMAKES: Brenda & The Tabulations (1970) Pop #77/R&B #15/Sybil
(1989) Pop #20/R&B #2
DON'T PLAY THAT SONG, Ben E. King (1962) Pop #11/R&B
#2
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #11/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
DREAM MERCHANT (See: "Mr. Dream Merchant")
DRIFT AWAY, Dobie Gray (1973) Pop #5/R&B #42
REMAKE: Uncle Kracker (2004)
END OF OUR ROAD, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1968) Pop #15/Pop
#5
REMAKE: Marvin Gaye (1970) Pop #40/R&B #7
EVERLASTING LOVE, Robert Knight (1967) Pop #13/R&B
#14
REMAKES: Carl Carlton (1974) Pop #6/R&B #11; Rex Smith & Rachel
Sweet (1981) Pop #32; Gloria Estefan (1995) Pop #27
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE, Solomon Burke (1964) Pop
#58
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #29/R&B #19
FEVER, Little Willie John (1956) Pop #20/R&B #1 (5 weeks)
REMAKES: Peggy Lee (1958) Pop #8/R&B #5, The McCoys (1965) Pop
#7
FOR YOUR LOVE, Ed Townsend (1958) Pop #13/R&B #7
REMAKES:
Sam & Bill (1965) Pop #95/R&B #14; Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop
#20/R&B #10; Gwen McCrae (1973) R&B #17
FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE, Jerry Butler & The Impressions
(1958) Pop #11/R&B #3
REMAKES: Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963)
Pop #26; Jerry Butler (1966)* Pop #99/R&B #25; Oscar Toney, Jr. (1967) Pop
#23/R&B #4; Jackie Wilson & Count Basie (1968) Pop #49/R&B #22;
Linda Jones (1972) Pop #74/R&B #15; The Impressions (1981) R&B
#58
*New solo version of the 1958 hit.
FUNKY BROADWAY, Dyke & The Blazers (1967) Pop #65/R&B
#17
REMAKE: Wison Pickett (1967) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1 week)
GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES), Carla Thomas (1961) Pop #10/R&B
#2
REMAKE: Bernadette Peters (1980) Pop #31
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN, Howard Tate (1966) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #78
GET READY, The Temptations (1966) Pop #29/R&B #1 (1
week)
REMAKES: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #4/R&B #20; King Curtis & The
Kingpins (1970) R&B #46; Syl Johnson (1971) R&B #34; Smokey Robinson
(1979) R&B #82
GIVING UP, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1964) Pop
#38
REMAKES: The Ad-Libs (1969) R&B #34; Donny Hathaway (1972) Pop
#81/R&B #21
GO NOW, Bessie Banks (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Moody
Blues (1965) Pop #10
GOING IN CIRCLES, Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop #15/R&B
#3
REMAKES: The Gap Band (1986) R&B #2; Luther Vandross (1995) R&B
#28
GOOD LOVIN', The Olympics (1965) Pop #81
REMAKE: The Young
Rascals (1966) Pop #1 (1 week)
GRAZING IN THE GRASS, Hugh Masekela (1968) Pop #1 (2
weeks)/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop
#3/R&B #5; George Howard (1993) R&B #78
GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, George Benson (1977) Pop #24/R&B
#2
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1986) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #3
GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES (ALL AROUND THE WORLD), Little Willie John
(1955) R&B #5
REMAKE: Little Milton (1969) Pop #73/R&B
#13
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE, Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles (circa
1963) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Mindbenders (1966) Pop #2; Phil Collins
(1988) Pop #1 (2 weeks)
HANG ON SLOOPY (MY GIRL SLOOPY), The Vibrations (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: The McCoys (1965) Pop #1 (1 week)
HARD TO HANDLE, Otis Redding (1968) Pop #51/R&B
#38
REMAKES: Patti Drew (1968) Pop #93/R&B #40; The Black Crowes (1991)
Pop #29
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Bob & Earl (1963) Pop #44
REMAKE: The
Rolling Stones (1986) Pop #5
HAVE YOU SEEN HER, The Chi-Lites (1971) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: MC Hammer (1990) Pop #4/R&B #4
HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (HE DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU),
Jerry Butler (1960) Pop #7/R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKE: Tony Orlando &
Dawn (1975) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU, The Elgins (1966) Pop #50/R&B
#9
REMAKE: Bonnie Pointer (1979) Pop #11/R&B #52
HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME), Al Green (1973) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: UB40 (1991) Pop #7
HEY THERE LONELY GIRL (BOY), Ruby & The Romantics (1963) Pop
#27
REMAKES: Eddie Holman (1970) Pop #2/R&B #4; The Flakes (1980) R&B
#66; Stacy Lattisaw (1983) Pop #108/R&B #71; Gerry Woo (1987) R&B
#27
HI-DE-HO (THAT OLD SWEET ROLL), Dusty Springfield (1968) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Pop #14
HOW CAN I FORGET, Jimmy Holiday (1963) Pop #57/R&B
#8
COVER: Ben E. King (1963) Pop #85/R&B #29
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU), Marvin Gaye (1964) Pop
#6/R&B #4
REMAKES: Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (1966) Pop #18/R&B
#3; James Taylor (1975) Pop #5; Tyrone Davis (1980) R&B #36
HURT, Roy Hamilton (1955) R&B #8
REMAKES: Timi Yuro
(1961) Pop #4/R&B #22; The Manhattans (1975) Pop #97/R&B #10; Elvis
Presley (1976) Pop #28
I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN, Ann Peebles (1973) Pop #38/R&B
#6
REMAKES: Eruption (1978) Pop #18/R&B #30; Tease (1988) R&B
#34
I DO, The Marvelows (1965) Pop #37/R&B #7
REMAKE: The J.
Geils Band (1982) Pop #24
I DO LOVE YOU, Billy Stewart (1965) Pop #24/R&B
#6
REMAKE: GQ (1979) Pop #20/R&B #5
IF YOU NEED ME, Wilson Pickett (1963) Pop #64/R&B
#30
COVER: Solomon Burke (1963) Pop #37/R&B #2
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, Gladys Knight & The Pips
(1967) Pop #2/R&B #1 (6 weeks)
REMAKES: Marvin Gaye (1968) Pop #1(7
weeks)/R&B #1(7 weeks), Creedence Clearwater Revival (1976) Pop #43, Roger
(1981) Pop #79/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
(I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU, The Temptations (1966) Pop #8/R&B
#1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #7/R&B #20
I PITY THE FOOL, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961) Pop #46/R&B #1 (1
week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1971) Pop #85/R&B #18
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) Did not chart
REMAKE: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) Album track
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER, Dionne Warwick (1967) Pop #4/R&B
#8
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1968) Pop #10/R&B #3
I SHOT THE SHERIFF, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Eric Clapton (1974) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #33
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER, Sly & The Family Stone (1969) Pop
#60/R&B #24 and (1970) Pop #38
REMAKES: Ike & Tina
Turner (1970) Pop #34/R&B #25; Kool & The Gang (1971) Pop #105/R&B
#35
I'LL BE THERE, The Jackson 5 (1970) Pop #1 (5 weeks)/R&B #1
(6 weeks)
REMAKE: Mariah Carey (1992) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #11
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE, The Staple Singers* (1972) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Big Daddy Kane (1989) R&B #73; BeBe
& CeCe Winans (1992) Pop #90/R&B #1 (1 week)
*The Staple Singers actually lifted the introduction to "I'll Take You There" from the Reggae instrumental "The Liquidator" by the Harry J. All-Stars (1969).
I'LL TRY SOMETHING NEW, The Miracles (1962) Pop #39/R&B
#11
REMAKES: The Supremes & The Temptations (1969) Pop #25/R&B #8; A
Taste of Honey (1982) Pop #41/R&B #9
I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Khan (1978) Pop #21/R&B #1 (3 wks)
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1993) Pop #4
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME, Dee Dee Warwick (1966) Pop
#88/R&B #13
REMAKES: Madeline Bell (1968) Pop #26/R&B #32; The
Supremes & The Temptations (1969) Pop #2/R&B #2
I'M IN LOVE, Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #45/R&B #4
REMAKE:
Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #19/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD, Earl-Jean (1964) Pop #38
REMAKE:
Herman's Hermits (1964) Pop #13
THE "IN" CROWD, Dobie Gray (1965) Pop #13/R&B #11
REMAKE:
The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, The Five Satins (1956) Pop
#24/R&B #3
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1992) Pop #3/R&B #4
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, The Valentinos (1964) Pop #94
COVER: The
Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: Bobby Womack & Bill Withers (1975)
R&B #68
IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE, The Royalettes (1965) Pop #41/R&B
#28
REMAKE: Deniece Williams (1982) Pop #10/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
IT'S SO HARD TO TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY, G.C. Cameron (1975)
R&B #38
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1991) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
IT'S TOO LATE, Chuck Willis (1956) R&B #3
REMAKE: Ted
Taylor (1969) Pop #118/R&B #30
IT'S YOUR THING, The Isley Brothers (1969) Pop #2/R&B #1 (4
weeks)
REMAKES: Senor Soul (1969) R&B #39; Moms Mabley (1969) Did not
chart; Salt-N-Pepa featuring EU* (1988) R&B
#4
*Recorded as "Shake Your Thing."
I'VE BEEN HURT, The Tams (1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Bill
Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #35
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
(1972) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Simply Red (1989) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #38
KEEP ON DANCING, The Avantis (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The
Gentrys (1965) Pop #4
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG, Robertta Flack (1973) Pop #1 (5
weeks)/R&B #2
REMAKES: Al B. Sure! (1989) Pop #80/R&B #14; The Fugees
(1996)
KNOCK ON WOOD, Eddie Floyd (1966) Pop #28/R&B #1 (1
week)
REMAKES: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (1967) Pop #30/R&B #8;
Amii Stewart (1979) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #6
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES, Chris Kenner (1963) Pop #77
REMAKES: Cannibal & The Headhunters (1965) Pop #30; Thee Midniters
(1965) Pop #67; Wilson Pickett (1966) Pop #6/R&B #1 (1 week)
LATELY, Stevie Wonder (1981) Pop #64/R&B #29
REMAKE:
Jodeci (1993) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
LEAN ON ME, Bill Withers (1972) Pop #1(3 weeks)/R&B #1(1
week)
REMAKE: Club Nouveau (1987) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #2
LET'S GET IT ON, Marvin Gaye (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1
(6 weeks)
REMAKE: By All Means (1990) R&B #3
LET'S STAY TOGETHER, Al Green (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1
(9 weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1972) Pop #48/R&B #25; Margie Joseph
(1973) R&B #43; Bobby Militello featuring Jean Carne (1983) R&B #74;
Tina Turner (1984) Pop #26/R&B #3
LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE, Thurston Harris & The Sharps (1957)
Pop #6/R&B #2
REMAKE: The Jackson Five (1972) Pop #13/R&B
#8
LITTLE DARLIN', The Gladiolas* (1957) Pop
#41/R&B #11
COVER: The Diamonds (1957) Pop #2/R&B #2
*Group later changed its name to Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs ("Stay," 1960).
LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE, The Valentinos (1962) Pop #72/R&B #8
REMAKES: The J. Geils Band (1971) Pop #39, Bobby Womack (1974) Pop
#10/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
LOVE AND HAPPINESS, Earnest Jackson (1973) Pop #58/R&B
#22
REMAKES: Al Green (1977) Pop #104/R&B #92; David Sanborn (1985) Pop
#103/R&B #66
LOVE BALLAD, L.T.D. (1976) Pop #20/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: George Benson (1979) Pop #18/R&B #3
LOVE CHANGES, Mother's Finest (1979) R&B #26
REMAKE:
Kashif & Meli'sa Morgan (1988) R&B #2
LOVE IS STRANGE, Mickey & Sylvia (1957) Pop #11/R&B #1
(2 weeks)
REMAKES: Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #13/R&B #16; Donnie
Elbert (1974) R&B #70
LOVE-ITIS, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds (1967) B-side of
"Get Down"
REMAKE: J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET, The Moments (1970) Pop #3/R&B #1
(5 weeks)
REMAKE: Stacy Lattisaw (1981) Pop #26/R&B #2
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF, Jerry Butler (1962) Pop #20/R&B
#18
REMAKES: The Walker Brothers (1965) Pop #15; Dionne Warwick (1970) Pop
#37/R&B #26; Michael Henderson (1982) R&B #68; Ron Banks (1984) R&B
#31
MAY I, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (1965) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #39
MAYBE*, The Chantels (1958) Pop #15/R&B #2
REMAKE: The
Three Degrees (1970) Pop #29/R&B #4
*Both versions of "Maybe" were
produced by Richard Barrett.
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY, Cannonball Adderley (1967) Pop #11/R&B
#2
COVERS: Larry Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1967) Pop
#96/R&B #23, The Buckinghams (1967) Pop #5; Marlena Shaw (1967) Pop
#58/R&B #33
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA*, Cissy Houston (1971) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1
(4 weeks)
*This song began life under the title "Midnight Plane To
Houston."
MR. DREAM MERCHANT, Jerry Butler (1967) Pop #38/R&B
#23
REMAKE: New Birth (1975) Pop #36/R&B #1 (1 week)
MISTY BLUE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #91/R&B #47
REMAKE:
Dorothy Moore (1976) Pop #3/R&B #2
MORE LOVE, The Miracles (1967) Pop #23/R&B #5
REMAKE: Kim
Carnes (1980) Pop #10
MUSTANG SALLY, Sir Mack Rice (1965) Pop #108/R&B #15
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1966) Pop #23/R&B #6
MY GUY, Mary Wells (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Sister
Sledge (1982) Pop #23/R&B #14
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE, The Jackson Five (1971) Pop #2/R&B #1
(3 weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1971) Pop #22/R&B #5; Gloria Gaynor
(1974) Pop #9/R&B #34
NIGHT TRAIN, Jimmy Forrest (1952) R&B #1 (7
weeks)
REMAKE: James Brown & The Famous Flames (1962) Pop #35/R&B
#5
NOBODY BUT ME, The Isley Brothers (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Human Beinz (1968) Pop #8
OH GIRL, The Chi-Lites (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKES: Glenn Jones (1988) R&B #38; Paul Young (1990) Pop
#8
OH WHAT A NIGHT, The Dells* (1956) R&B
#5
REMAKE: The Dells* (1969) Pop #10/R&B #1 (1
week)
*Two entirely different versions.
ON BROADWAY, The Drifters (1963) Pop #9/R&B #7
REMAKE:
George Benson (1978) Pop #7/R&B #2
ONE MINT JULEP,
The Clovers (1952) R&B #2
REMAKE: Ray Charles (1961) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1
week)
ONE NIGHT AFFAIR, The O'Jays (1969) Pop #68/R&B
#15
REMAKES: Jerry Butler (1972) Pop #52/R&B #6; Samona Cooke (1978)
R&B #91
ONLY SIXTEEN, Sam Cooke (1959) Pop #28/R&B #13
REMAKE:
Dr. Hook (1976) Pop #6
ONLY YOU, The Platters* (1954) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Platters* (1955) Pop #5/R&B #1 (7 weeks);
The Hilltoppers (1955) Pop #8; Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles (1959) Pop
#9/R&B #18; Mr. Acker Bilk (1963) Pop #77; Bobby Hatfield (1969) Pop #95;
Ringo Starr (1975) Pop #6
*Yes, they cut it
twice!
PAPA WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE, The Undisputed Truth (1972)
Pop #63/R&B #24
REMAKES: The Temptations (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B
#5; Wolf (1983) Pop #55/R&B #47; Was (Not Was) (1990) R&B #60; George
Michael (medley with Seal’s "Killer") (1993) Pop #69/R&B #88
PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG, James Brown (1965) Pop #8/R&B #1
(8 weeks)
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1969) Pop #41/R&B #10
PART-TIME LOVE, Little Johnny Taylor (1963) Pop #19/R&B #1
(1 week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1970) Pop #45/R&B #7
PATCHES, Chairmen of the Board (1969) LP track
REMAKE:
Clarence Carter (1970) Pop #4/R&B #2
PHILLY DOG, The Mar-Keys (1966) Pop #89/R&B #19
REMAKES:
Herbie Mann (1966) Pop #93/R&B #36
PIECE OF MY HEART, Erma Franklin (1967) Pop #62/R&B #10
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1968) Pop #12
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, Wild Cherry (1976) Pop #1 (3
weeks)/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Vanilla Ice (1991) Pop #4/R&B
#22
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, The Marvelettes (1961) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKES: The Beatles (1964) LP track; The
Carpenters (1975) Pop #1 (1 week)
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE, Percy Mayfield (1950) R&B #1
(2 weeks)
REMAKES: The Moonglows (1957) Pop #73/R&B #5; Wade Flemons
(1961) R&B #20
PONY TIME, Don Covay & The Goodtimers (1961) Pop
#60
COVER: Chubby Checker (1961) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
POWER OF LOVE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #11/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Martha Reeves (1974) Pop #76/R&B #24
PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS, Jackie Moore (1970) Pop #30/R&B
#21
REMAKE: O.V. Wright (1978) R&B #50
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA, Tony Joe White (1969) LP track
REMAKE: Brook Benton (1970) Pop #4/R&B #1 (1 week)
RELEASE ME, Esther Phillips (1962) Pop #8/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
REMAKE: Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) Pop #4
RESPECT, Otis Redding (1965) Pop #35/R&B #4
REMAKE:
Aretha Franklin (1967) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (8 weeks)
RESPECTABLE, The Isley Brothers (1959) Did not chart
REMAKE:
The Outsiders (1966) Pop #16
RESPECT YOURSELF, The Staple Singers (1971) Pop #12/R&B #2
REMAKE: Bruce Willis (1987) Pop #5/R&B #20
RIVERS OF BABYLON, The Melodians (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE:
Boney M (1978) Pop #30
SEA OF LOVE, Phil Phillips (1959) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Del Shannon (1981) Pop #33, The Honeydrippers (1984) Pop
#3
SHA-LA-LA, The Shirelles (1964) Pop #69
REMAKE: Manfred Mann
(1965) Pop #12
SHAKE, Sam Cooke (1965) Pop #7/R&B #2
REMAKE: Otis
Redding (1967) Pop #47/R&B #16
SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1964) Pop #42
REMAKES: Aretha Franklin (1969) Pop #13/R&B #1 (5 weeks), Kenny Rogers
(1981) Pop #14
SHE'S LOOKIN' GOOD, Rodger Collins (1967) Pop #101/R&B
#44
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1968) Pop #15/R&B #7
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, The Soul Brothers Six (1967) Pop #91
REMAKE: Grand Funk Railroad (1974) Pop #3
SOOKIE SOOKIE, Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
(1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Steppenwolf (1968--flip side of "Magic Carpet
Ride")
SOULFUL STRUT (AM I THE SAME GIRL), Barbara Acklin (1968) Pop
#79/R&B #33
REMAKE: Young-Holt Unlimited (1969) Pop #3/R&B
#3*
*Both versions were actually the same recording. Young-Holt simply
replaced Acklin's vocals with a piano.
STAND BY ME (STAND BY ME FATHER), The Soul Stirrers (1959)
REMAKES: Ben E. King (1961) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks), Cassius Clay*
(1964) Did not chart, Spyder Turner (1967) Pop #12/R&B #3, David & Jimmy
Ruffin (1970) Pop #61/R&B #24, John Lennon (1975) Pop #20, Mickey Gilley
(1980) Pop #22, Maurice White (1985) Pop #50/R&B #6
*Yes, the future
Muhammad Ali!
STIR IT UP, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not
chart
COVER: Johnny Nash (1973) Pop #12
TAINTED LOVE, Gloria Jones (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Soft
Cell (1982) Pop #8
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE), Kim Weston (1965)
Pop #50/R&B #4
REMAKE: The Doobie Brothers (1975) Pop #11
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, Al Green (early 1970s) Did not
chart
REMAKES: Syl Johnson (1975) Pop #48/R&B #7; The Talking Heads
(1978) Pop #26
TELL MAMA (TELL DADDY), Clarence Carter (1966) R&B
#35
REMAKE: Etta James (1967) Pop #23/R&B #10
THAT LADY (WHO'S THAT LADY), Isley Bros. (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Isley Brothers (1973) Pop #6/R&B #2
(Yes, they cut it
twice.)
THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE, The Persuaders (1971) Pop
#15/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: The Pretenders (1982) Album
track
THIS DIAMOND RING, Sammy Ambrose* (ca. 1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1965) Pop #1 (2 wks)
*I don't
know who he was, either.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE, Irma Thomas (1964) Did not chart
COVER:
The Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #6
TOGETHER, The Intruders (1967) Pop #48/R&B #9*
REMAKE:
Tierra (1980) Pop #18/R&B #9*
*Coincidence? You decide!
TRY (JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER), Lorraine Ellison (1967) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (Album track)
TRYIN' TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU, Otis Clay (1972) Pop
#102/R&B#24
REMAKE: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1981) Pop
#5
TURN THE BEAT AROUND, Vickie Sue Robinson (1976) Pop #10/R&B
#2
REMAKE: Gloria Estefan (1994) Pop #13
TWIST AND SHOUT, The Top Notes (1962) Did not
chart
REMAKES: The Isley Brothers (1962) Pop #17/R&B
#2; The Beatles (1964) Pop #2
UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO), Stevie
Wonder (1967)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #3/R&B #1
WHAT A MAN, Linda Lyndell (1968) R&B #50
REMAKES: Laura
Lee (1969) Did not chart; Salt 'n' Pepa w/En Vogue (1994)
WHAT'LL I DO (FOR SATISFACTION), Johnny Daye (1968) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Janet Jackson (1993)
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (HERO), Lou Rawls (1983) Pop #65/R&B
#60
REMAKES: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1983) Pop #104/R&B #64, Bette
Midler (1989) Pop #1 (1 week)
YES I'M READY, Barbara Mason (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
REMAKE: Teri DeSario with KC (1979) Pop #2/R&B #20
YOU BETTER MOVE ON, Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #24
REMAKE:
The Rolling Stones (circa 1965) Album track
YOU BETTER RUN, The Young Rascals (1966) Pop #20
REMAKE: Pat
Benatar (1980) Pop #42
YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN, The Phil Upchurch Combo (1961) Pop
#29
REMAKE: The Dovells (1963) Pop #3/R&B #10
YOU'RE NO GOOD, Dee Dee Warwick (1963) Did not chart
REMAKES:
Betty Everett (1963) Pop #51; Linda Ronstadt (1975) Pop #1 (1 week)
YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY, Brenda Holloway (1967) Pop
#39/R&B #40
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) Pop #2/R&B
#46
Many thanks to Jyrki Ilva and Yoni Neman for their contributions to this page.